holr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulaz, whence also Old English hol, Old High German hol.

Adjective

holr

1. hollow

Related terms

• hol (“hole”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: holur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hol
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hol
• Old Swedish: hul, hol
  • Swedish: hål
• Danish: hul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hul

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “holr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive